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Asset Beta measures the inherent riskiness of the underlying assets with respect to the market. The equity and debt only affect the inherent riskiness of the firm, but the additional debt has no influence on the underlying riskiness of the assets.For instance, if you are in the hotel business, why should the amount of debt you have affect your ability to get visitors stay at your hotel? high debt does, however, affect the underlying riskiness of the equity (it is riskier to hold shares of a firm with large amounts of debt). therefore, the equity beta does change.

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Q: When debt-to-equity ratio rises why does the asset beta not change?
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